The number of deaths in the bus accident in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district has gone up to 49 with the recovery of two more bodies this morning, police said.
Local MP Riti Pathak with Shivrani Lunia
BHOPAL: A schoolgirl’s heroism saved two of the only six persons who survived the Sidhi bus tragedy on Tuesday morning. Shivrani Lunia, 18, lives in a canalside hut in Sarda village and saw the bus plunge into the water. She didn’t hesitate even a second and dived into the 40-ft-deep canal as it turned out, seconds are what separated life and death.
She found a woman gasping for air, wrapped an arm around her and swam with her to the canal bank, say sources. Leaving her in the care of villagers, she jumped back into the canal, and this time brought a man to safety.
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On Tuesday, bodies of 47 people were recovered after the packed private bus skidded off the road and plunged into a water-filled canal in Sidhi.
The rescue operations, which were halted late Tuesday night, resumed on Wednesday morning.
The death toll in the bus accident in Madhya Pradesh s Sidhi district has gone up to 51 with the recovery of four more bodies on Wednesday, officials said. The bus driver, who is believed to be responsible for the Sidhi accident, was arrested by the police directly from Satna stated DIG Anil Kushwaha.
On Tuesday, bodies of 47 people, including 20 women and two children, were recovered after the packed private bus skidded off the road and plunged into a water-filled canal in Sidhi. The rescue operations, which were halted late Tuesday night, resumed on Wednesday morning. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also left Bhopal to visit the accident spot in Sidhi.
The accident took place on Tuesday morning near Patna village, around 80 km from the Sidhi district headquarters, when the bus was on its way to Satna from Sidhi.